Articles by Hank Sims

January 2015

SHERIFF’S LOG: Fights, a Burglary and Animals Behaving Badly

(UPDATED With Info for Pharmacy Customers) Major Fire in Downtown Fortuna; Main Street Closed

SHERIFF’S LOG: Knifepoint Robbery in Hoopa, Vandalism at SoHum Clinic, Attempted Suicide in McKinleyville

Humboldt Bay Fire: Arson Suspected in Saturday’s Eureka House Blaze

[UPDATE] ‘Suspicious’ Fire Engulfs Home Just Off Broadway

Male Unconscious After Vehicle v. Pedestrian Collision on Broadway

Eureka Brothers Plead Guilty to Megagrow Charges in Federal Court

EPD Releases Description of Fresh Freeze Robbery Suspect

High-Speed Chase Through Arcata Bottoms Last Night Ended With Multiagency Foot Search in Manila

EPD: Despite High Murder Rate, Violent Crime Way Down in 2014

Rep. Huffman to Hold Town Hall Meeting on Veterans’ Issues in Eureka Tomorrow

(UPDATED) Large-Scale DEA Raids in Eureka, Hoopa Today

Arcata Police: Stabbing Suspect Arrested, Victim in Stable Condition

(UPDATED) Shots Fired Near Old Town This Morning; No One Injured, Police Investigating

McKinleyville Travel Trailer Goes Up in Flames; Fire Department, Sheriff’s Office Investigating

Man Killed in Humboldt Bay This Morning

INTRODUCING: The Lost Coast Outpost’s New Publisher, Local Boy Shane Mizer

First Tribal Marijuana Grow Op in Northern California Will Be Announced ‘Within the Next 48 Hours’

Volunteers Sought for Point-In-Time Count of Humboldt’s Homeless Population

OBITUARY: John G. Lenardo IV, 1962-2015

(UPDATED) Man Electrocuted While Working at Sierra Pacific Mill

NEW FROM LoCO LABS: Choose Your Own Lost Coast Outpost Commenting Experience!

OBITUARY: Merry Martha Maloney, 1941-2014

December 2014

Let’s Round Out the Year With One Last Quadcopter Flight Through the Forest

HERE YOU GO: The Top 27 Lost Coast Outpost Posts of 2014!

Humboldt Kinetic-dom in Mourning After Sudden Death of Beloved Rutabaga Queen

Flatmo’d: Episode VII: The DUMB-Pire Talks Smack

[UPDATED] MANILA RESIDENTS: Do Not Use Your Sewage System At All For A While, Please!

Sudden Violent Squalls Causing Some Chaos Around the County

Arcata Store Manager Robbed at Gunpoint Yesterday; Personal Items, Daily Cash Deposits Taken By Masked Criminal

If You Shopped at Eureka’s Staples Outlet In August or September, Hackers May Well Own Your Credit Card Number

Aha! Sheriff’s Office Weighs In on Yesterday’s Tasing

CHP: Person Shot and Killed Yesterday Confirmed to be 17-Year-Old Hoopa Boy; Officer Suffered Major Injuries in Machete Attack

A Guy Was Tased By Law Enforcement in Front of a McK Store Yesterday, But It’s Not Really Clear Why

Would-Be Car Burglar Foiled By Alert Lundbar Hills Resident

Dramatic River Rescue in Darkness Near Willow Creek This Morning; Crash Happened Just Down the Road From CHP Shooting

Sheriff’s Office: Weed, Coke and Cartel-Related Trinkets Found in Yesterday’s Loleta Raid

County Health: This Year’s Flu Strains Deadlier Than Usual; Vaccinations Available

Yesterday’s BB Gun Shooting Near Eureka High Turned Out to be Just Kids Being Dumb

Sheriff’s Office: Last Night’s Swain’s Flat Shootings Followed Home Invasion

HOMICIDE: Boy Found Stabbed Off McFarlan Street; EPD Investigating

Humboldt Bay Fire Responding to Myrtle Avenue Blaze

Sheriff’s Deputy Fires on Suspects Attempting to Flee; One Injured, One Arrested

Memorial Announced for Toddler Who Died at Big Lagoon

RAINAGEDDON II: The Rerainening!

Arrests Made in the Case of Baby Abandoned in Drug House

Highway 36, Many County Roads in SoHum and Eel River Valley Still Closed

Eureka Homeowner Chases Down Suspected Burglar, Recovers Own Property

National Weather Service Scales Back Flood Predictions; Minor Flooding Expected at Fernbridge Friday Morning

BE ON THE LOOKOUT: Single Mom’s Honda & Xmas Shopping Stolen in Eureka Right Before Rainageddon